Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:16:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:16:17 -0500 Received: from bitmover.com ([192.132.92.2]:14471 "EHLO bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Mar 2002 11:15:58 -0500 Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:15:56 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why not an arch mirror for the kernel? Message-ID: <20020307081556.E26028@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200203071425.GAA06679@morrowfield.home> <20020306190419.E31751@work.bitmover.com> <20020306225652.Q1682@altus.drgw.net> <20020306213238.D3240@work.bitmover.com> <20020307100915.GA1158@mentor.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020307100915.GA1158@mentor.odyssey.cs.cmu.edu>; from jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu on Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:09:15AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 05:09:15AM -0500, Jan Harkes wrote: > Additional metadata can be stored as comments. i.e. given the right > tools anything that goes from a BK patchset into $SCM can be turned back > into a BK patchset later on. Same holds for the other direction as long > as the comments are preserved. That's where we disagree. I would encourage you to try it and learn for yourself that diff&patch != BK. I can say that it won't work and you simply won't believe me. Please, go try it, you'll see what I mean. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/